Medicinal applicator and therapeutic device



March 2, 1948. 'L. c'. MARKOWITZ 2,436,895

MEDICINAL APPLICATOR AND THERAPEUTIC DEVICE Filed Aug. 19, 1946 INVENTOR. LOUIS C. MARKOWITZ QQQW ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 2, 1948 OFFICE MEDICINAL APPLICATOR AND THERA- PEUTIC DEVICE I Louis C. Markowitz, San Diego, Calif. I 3 Application August 19, 1946, Serial No. 691,505

1 Claim. (01. 128-256) My invention relates to a medicinal applicator and therapeutic device for treatment externally of the human body, and the objects of my invention are:

First, to provide a device of this class which provides penetrating medicinal fluid at temperatures elevated above the normal body temperature for the treatment of certain external bodily disorders;

Second, to provide a device of this class which is useful in the removal of boils or the like;

Third, to provide a device of this class which is particularly useful in the treatment and removal of external abscesses;

Fourth, to provide a device of this class which is adapted to apply heat to the exterior of a persons limbs for relieving muscular aches and pains;

Fifth, to provide a device of this class which is very simple and easy to operate;

Sixth, to provide a device of this class provided with various appliances to fit various portions of a persons body; and

Seventh, to provide a device of this class which is very simple and economical of construction, eflicient in its action, and which will not readily deteriorate or get out of order.

With these and other objects in view, as will appear hereinafter, my invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions as will be hereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the characters of reference thereon forming a part of this application in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of my medicinal applicator and therapeutic device; Fig. 2 is a reduced transverse sectional view taken from the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of an attachment for my medicinal applicator and therapeutic device; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of another attachment adapted to engage a persons limbs; Fig. 5 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken from the line 55 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a side elevational view of a plug used in connection with the body of my therapeutic device; and Fig. 'l is a perspective view of another attachment for use in connection with the body of my therapeutic device. 7

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts and portions throughout the several views of the drawings.

The body I, tube 2, plunger 3, heat applicators 4 and 5, medicine applicator 6 and the plug I constitute the principal parts and portions of my medicinal applicator and therapeutic device.

The body I is a hollow member having a hana dle la at its normally upper side. This body I is provided. with two internally screw threaded openings lb and lo axially aligned with each other in which the tube 2 is screw threaded at its opposite ends. This tube 2 is provided with an internal bore 2a in which the plunger 3 is reciprocally mounted, all as shown best in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The plunger 3 is provided with a handle 3a adapted to be manually engaged for shifting the same longitudinally of the tube 2. The cross sectional shape of the body I as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, wherein the lower portion la thereof provides a sump for liquid medicine or water as desired. The medicine applicator 6, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, is funnel-shaped and provided with an open end 6a and an externally screw threaded tubular end 6b arranged to be screw threaded into the opening lb of the body l. The heat applicator 4 is substantially U-shaped in cross section as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, and is of hollow construction. This applicator 4 is provided with an externally screw threaded tubular adaptor 4a communicating with the interior thereof, arranged to be screw threaded in the opening lb of the body I communicating with the interior thereof. The heat applicator 5 is a box-shaped hollow structure having a tubular externally screw threaded adaptor 5a arranged to be screw threaded in the opening lb of the body I communicating with the interior thereof. The heat applicator 5 is arranged to be positioned on the flat surfaces of the human body such as the abdomen or the like when in connection with the body I furnishing heat and fluid thereto. The

plug 1, as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, is

arranged to be positioned in the internally screw threaded opening lc of the body I when the tube 2 is removed therefrom.

The operation of my medicinal applicator and therapeutic device is substantally as follows:

When the medicinal applicator 5 is placed in connection with the body I, as indicated by dash lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the open end So thereof may be placed over and surrounding a boil or the like and the plunger 3 may be withdrawn in the tube 2 creating a vacuum on the boil for removing the same from its recessed position in a persons body. When the medicine applicator 6 is in position as shown by dash lines and the tube 2 is removed, the plug 1 is positioned in the opening lc of the body I and liquid 3 medicine may be heated in the body I causing the volatile medicine to pass through the medicine applicator 6 and to the surface of a persons body at the open end Ba thereof for treatment of certain ailments. The heat applicator 4 when connected in screw threaded relation with the outlet lb of the body I is arranged to receive steam and may be placed around the persons arm or leg for heating the same, whereby relief of sore and aching muscles may be readily accomplished. The heat applicator 5 is relatively flat and the tubular conductor 5a, when screw threaded in the outlet lb of the body 1 conducts steam into the interior of the heat applicator 5 providing a warm surface which may be placed on a persons body in such positions as the abdomen or the back where relatively :flat portions are being treated. It will be here noted that the heat applicators 4 and 5 are used only when the plug 1 is in position in the opening 10 of the body 1.

Though I have shown and described a particular construction, combination and arrangement 4 and arrangement substantially as set forth in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a device of the class described, the combination of a hollow body adapted to contain liquid therein, having a pair of opposed openings in the side walls thereof, a tubular member having a central bore positioned in said Openings in said body, a plunger reciprocally mounted in the bore o1 said tubular member, and a funnel-shaped medicine applicator secured in connection with une of said openings in said body communicating with the movable end of said plunger in said tubular member.

LOUIS C. MARKOWITZ.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED ,STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 920814 Behm et a1 May 4, 1909 lg427515 Cape'll "Aug. 29, 1922 1,627,618 'Paul V May 10, 1927 

